Trump’s ‘pincer maneuver’ reshapes federal contracting landscape Contractors are under more pressure than before to justify value and embrace innovation as the DOGE seeks radical efficiencies through cuts and process reforms.
https://www.nextgov.com/acquis....ition/2025/03/trumps

VA needs updated cost estimate and rollout schedule for EHR, watchdog says The Government Accountability Office said VA is making “incremental improvements” to its new electronic health record system during an operational pause on additional deployments but added that “much more remains to be done.”
https://www.nextgov.com/modern....ization/2025/03/va-n

Agentic AI adoption is a top priority for defense and intelligence leaders. Here’s why The integration of AI agents will become increasingly critical across the national security space.
https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/....2025/03/agentic-ai-a

Energy appoints Twitter, Google and DOGE alum as new CIO Ross Graber most recently supported the nascent Department of Government Efficiency’s work at the State Department, a State Department official told Nextgov/FCW.
https://www.nextgov.com/people..../2025/03/energy-appo

Judge orders reinstatement for most fired probationary federal workers The firings were "based on a lie," judge says, who suggests he may extend his order beyond the roughly 24,000 already included.
https://www.nextgov.com/digita....l-government/2025/03